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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. abstractec/plist ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) abstractec/plist ================ Library for reading and writing Apple's CFPropertyList (plist) files in XML as well as binary format. v2.0.1(11y ago)03.2k1MITPHPPHP >=5.3 Since Jul 22Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/abstractec/CFPropertyList)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/abstractec/plist)[ Docs](https://github.com/rodneyrehm/CFPropertyList)[ RSS](/packages/abstractec-plist/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1w ago READMEChangelogDependenciesVersions (3)Used By (0) CFPropertyList ============== [](#cfpropertylist) The PHP implementation of Apple's PropertyList can handle XML PropertyLists as well as binary PropertyLists. It offers functionality to easily convert data between worlds, e.g. recalculating timestamps from unix epoch to apple epoch and vice versa. A feature to automagically create (guess) the plist structure from a normal PHP data structure will help you dump your data to plist in no time. Note: CFPropertylist was originally hosted on [Google Code](http://code.google.com/p/cfpropertylist/) Choose Your Favorite Operating System ------------------------------------- [](#choose-your-favorite-operating-system) CFPropertyList does not rely on any "Apple proprietary" components, like plutil. CFPropertyList runs on any Operating System with PHP and some standard extensions installed. Although you might want to deliver data to your iPhone application, you might want to run those server side services on your standard Linux (or even Windows) environment, rather than buying an expensive Apple Server. With CFPropertyList you now have the power to provide data from your favorite Operating System. Requirements And Limitations ---------------------------- [](#requirements-and-limitations) - requires PHP5.3 (as of CFPropertyList 2.0) - requires either [MBString](http://php.net/mbstring) or [Iconv](http://php.net/iconv) - requires either [BC](http://php.net/bc) or [GMP](http://php.net/gmp) or [phpseclib](http://phpseclib.sourceforge.net/) (see BigIntegerBug for an explanation) - as of CFPropertyList 1.0.1 Authors ------- [](#authors) - Rodney Rehm - Christian Kruse - PSR-0 changes by Jarvis Badgley License ------- [](#license) CFPropertyList is published under the [MIT License](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php). Installation ------------ [](#installation) see [Composer / Packagist](http://packagist.org/packages/rodneyrehm/plist). Related ------- [](#related) - [man(5) plist](http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man5/plist.5.html) - [CFBinaryPList.c](http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/CF/CF-476.15/CFBinaryPList.c) - [CFPropertyList in Ruby](http://rubyforge.org/projects/cfpropertylist/) - [CFPropertyList in Python](https://github.com/bencochran/CFPropertyList) - [plist on Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plist) ### Health Score 30 — LowBetter than 62% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity17 Limited adoption so far Community15 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity59 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~920 days Total 2 Last Release 4150d ago ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a4c85b5a51beb8dfe06ba19c25b517fe36e40bb7e6a1f2a29babd666f31d2bca?d=identicon)[abstractec](/maintainers/abstractec) --- Top Contributors [![ckruse](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/175095?v=4)](https://github.com/ckruse "ckruse (39 commits)")[![rodneyrehm](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/186837?v=4)](https://github.com/rodneyrehm "rodneyrehm (33 commits)")[![Twipped](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/231157?v=4)](https://github.com/Twipped "Twipped (9 commits)")[![robbertkl](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5704510?v=4)](https://github.com/robbertkl "robbertkl (3 commits)")[![nickl-](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1404606?v=4)](https://github.com/nickl- "nickl- (2 commits)")[![abstractec](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4594656?v=4)](https://github.com/abstractec "abstractec (2 commits)")[![lpotherat](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/380424?v=4)](https://github.com/lpotherat "lpotherat (1 commits)")[![dwlnetnl](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/56475?v=4)](https://github.com/dwlnetnl "dwlnetnl (1 commits)") --- Tags plist ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/abstractec-plist/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/abstractec-plist/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/abstractec-plist) ``` PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)